HassanBarnes0530 · 9 Jun 2025, 06:18 UTC
Alternating can help tie a load together. It doesn't magically put cardboard under the weight. Do you have a section showing the supports inside these particular boxes, or just the outside dimensions?
20 pointsJust the outside dimensions in the pallet file, but I've got an empty case with the two folded end pieces still in it.
14 pointsTake that to whoever specified the packaging. They'll need to see how the next layer bears on it. I'd draw a straight-stack option beside the alternating one so you've got an actual comparison.
23 pointsStraight stacking isn't automatically the answer either, especially once the pallet gets moved; I'd want the packaging person looking at the whole load, not just the nice support underneath one box.
-4 pointsYes, a comparison. I'm not signing off a straight stack from a forum post. It's something the packaging person can reject or improve, instead of being handed only the pattern everybody already likes.
11 pointsAre the end pieces loose inserts? I am trying to picture whether they can move when the case is packed.
3 pointsHassan, can you show the assembled case rather than just the empty shell? Reece's question matters if the support positions change when the product goes in.
15 pointsYep, they're folded into the liner and the product holds them apart, thanks Reece, I hadn't shown that in my sketch.
11 pointsWhat does the tool grip? A different layer pattern can leave a jaw boxed in by the cartons already placed (even if packaging likes the support).
14 pointsThe long faces, and the supplier's picture has the fingers still closed after placement, so I need that drawn open as well.
3 pointsDid they send the open-finger version? Interested whether the pattern survives that extra bit of kit.
19 pointsI'd ask for the placement order on it too. Same finished pallet, different neighbours beside the tool while it's putting a box down. That can be the annoying part.
7 pointsOpen fingers clash on the inside row in drawing P2, and the toolmaker has sent P3 with that row placed first; packaging hasn't reviewed P3 yet.
13 pointsGlad you named the revisions, because a row-order change can get lost in an email; does P3 change where any carton finishes, or just when it gets there?
11 pointsOnly the order, same final positions.
4 pointsPackaging has now rejected the rotated layer as drawn and asked for a supported layout first, then they'll look at how to keep the load together; not the answer dispatch wanted but at least we're talking about the actual boxes.
5 pointsThat's useful progress. Let dispatch bring their handling requirements into the next review, though. Otherwise you'll fix the support and discover it still can't go through their usual route.
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